Kuduro’s International Wave
If Os Kuduristas is problematic, there’s no one to blame for its existence but perhaps us, the international community and the media.
Culture
Social Media in Africa’s Revolutions
How anonymous parties define, construct, and support uprisings in Africa via social media.
The Trouble with Aid with “The Trouble with Aid”
How the humanitarian movement grew in close relation to the democratization of moving image technologies.
‘Race jokes’ in South African ads
In South Africa, repackaging dated colonial fears about race and sex are used to sell beer and to win an advertising award for being "different."
Hip as Nationalist Project
Kuduru as an effort by politically connected Angolan elites to to package a fun and edgy dance born in Angola as soft power.
Redefining “Blackness”
An interview with Nigerian-American artist, Toyin Odutola.
God, too, takes the train to work
The author, also a photographer, on documenting South Africa's "train churches."
Jared Thorne’s Black Folks
A black photographer who moved to South Africa from the US, explores the transcontinental dialogue between black middle class people the world over.
This is not Pantsula
Sbujwa is a South African dance described as a dance that requires every muscle in your body to work in order to complete the moves.
Literary Sudans
The online retrospective, “Literary Sudans," is intended to highlight the two Sudans as sites of literature and culture.
The artist as citizen
An interview with Abdellah Karroum is the artistic director of the Biennale Regard Benin 2012, which premise is “Inventing the World: the Artist as Citizen.”
Gaborone is not a bore
It might not be Dakar or Nairobi, but Gaborone certainly does not look empty.